nigelgatherer

I didn't known the director Ry Russo-Young before watching "Before I Fell" (2017) recently, and I was very impressed. Like that film, "The Sun is Also a Star" is crafted extremely well, and it had me hooked early on. Russo-Young seems to be able to get the best from her lead actors, and manages to lay the story out with perfect pace. Yara Shahidi was a revelation to me, occupying her character fully, and just glowing in every scene. Charles Melton was just right in his role as well, in my opinion. The success of the movie, however, is its whole, from the cinematography, editing, acting, presence, and not least the wonderfully fitting score by Herdis Stefansdottir.

I can see that there are a few people who don't share my enthusiasm for "The Sun is Also a Star" which is a shame. Sure there are lots of coincidences, but we the audience REALLY want Tash and Daniel to get together! We're all different, and like different things, but if like me you can admire a simple love story told well, this one might be for you.

I enjoyed this film many, many times more than I expected to. For some reason, I didn't rate a movie with Goldie Hawn in it very highly, but she was one of the highlights; she was perfect as the aging rock chick looking up her groupie best friend from back in the day, and Susan Sarandon played well off her co-star. To me, the whole thing was well written, well acted, and well directed, and it gave me a good feeling. Incidentally, there were times near the start of the film when I thought that I was looking at (Hawn's daughter, actress) Kate Hudson, and that Goldie would appear later as a mother character - wow, they look so alike at times!